Waterland /
Swift, Graham,
Waterland / Graham Swift. - revised - London : Picador, 1992. - 358 p. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1983.
In the flat, watery Fen Country of East Anglia, a passionate history teacher named Tom Crick is being forced into early retirement from the school where he has taught for thirty years. When a student rebelliously questions the value of the subject to which Tom has devoted his life, Tom responds with his own personal retrospective. His story--intertwined with the stories of the local wetlands, the French Revolution, and World War II, among other things--throws light onto the dark circumstances of the current day, revealing how his wife's tragic youth led to the events surrounding his forced retirement. A monumental tribute to the past, a gripping multigenerational family saga, and a powerful affirmation of the history of self, this exceptional novel illuminates the cycles of time in which we live.
0330336320 9780330336321
History teachers--England--Fens, The
Mentally ill women--England--Fens, The
Autobiographical memory
Waterland / Graham Swift. - revised - London : Picador, 1992. - 358 p. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1983.
In the flat, watery Fen Country of East Anglia, a passionate history teacher named Tom Crick is being forced into early retirement from the school where he has taught for thirty years. When a student rebelliously questions the value of the subject to which Tom has devoted his life, Tom responds with his own personal retrospective. His story--intertwined with the stories of the local wetlands, the French Revolution, and World War II, among other things--throws light onto the dark circumstances of the current day, revealing how his wife's tragic youth led to the events surrounding his forced retirement. A monumental tribute to the past, a gripping multigenerational family saga, and a powerful affirmation of the history of self, this exceptional novel illuminates the cycles of time in which we live.
0330336320 9780330336321
History teachers--England--Fens, The
Mentally ill women--England--Fens, The
Autobiographical memory